:: Essential course for traveling to Gyeongju with children :: Tips for admission and viewing of Bulguksa Temple (feat free commentary included)
Today, I will tell you about tips and courses that you must visit when traveling to Gyeongju. Bulguksa Temple, which I visited during my recent trip to Gyeongju, is so beautiful as an adult, so I recommend that everyone who travels to Gyeongju visit it again! It was a new feeling to feel the beauty of Bulguksa Temple that I did not know when I was young, and I think I was able to enjoy the tour even more after learning about the history of Bulguksa Temple through the free commentary.
:: Entrance fee to Bulguksa Temple and tips for using it ::
You can check the entrance fee and entry time through the photo above. 경주 불국사 입장료
There is a separate parking lot for Bulguksa Temple, and the parking fee is 1,000 won. Before entering Bulguksa Temple, there is a person who hands out a parking ticket. Prepare cash, pay the parking fee, and park in the parking lot. 좋은뉴스
If you walk along the back gate of Bulguksa Temple right in front of the parking lot or along the road leading to the inside, you will see green trees growing and a lot of people gathering as above.
This is where the Cheongungyo Bridge and Baekungyo Bridge, which are designated as national treasures, are located. Despite the name of the bridge, it is actually shaped like a steep staircase.
The eastern path leading to Daeungjeon Hall of Bulguksa Temple has Cheongungyo Bridge and Baekungyo Bridge, and the western path leading to Geungnakjeon Hall has Yeonhwagyo Bridge and Chilbogyo Bridge.
It is said that the lower part of the bridge is the world of ordinary people, and the place where the Daeungjeon is located above it symbolizes the world of Buddha.
In the past, you could use a bridge to enter Daeungjeon Hall, but now you can’t use the bridge and you have to use the road going up to the side. If you go back up, you can see the famous Seokgatap and Dabotap located in Jahamun.
You can first look around and watch, or if you want to listen to a free commentary, refer to the free commentary time guide below and listen to the explanation while moving with the commentator.
We like to listen to commentary when we go to museums and exhibitions, so we walked around slowly while waiting for the free commentary time.
Since it is a historical space, there were so many families with children! Seeing that the children were curious and enjoyed watching it, I thought it would be a great help in studying history.
Around the time the free commentary started, we went to the house of the cultural tourism commentator and gathered, and the commentary started following the commentator.
Not only children but also adults participated. (The cost is free.)
The order of commentary by the commentators we participated in was as follows.
History and Symbolic Meaning of Cheongungyo/Baegungyo > Explanation of Seokgatap and Dabotap in Jahajeon > Meaning of Daeungjeon > Find the Pig in Geuknakjeon (?)
Looking at it again, it is a beautiful and sophisticated Dabotap Tower. In comparison, Seokgatap has a monotonous feel.
Beautiful Silla architecture designated as a national treasure.
The explanations of the four commentators, the story of Asadal, whose Seokgatap is called the shadowless pagoda, and the story of the treasures located inside the Seokga and Dabotap pagodas.
It was a beneficial time to learn more about this building as I listened and saw the buildings.
There are several commentators who explain, but the one we listened to was very good at talking and had a good voice, so I was able to concentrate well even outdoors. My companion and I told each other that we listened well, saying that we would not have been able to see Bulguksa Temple properly if we hadn’t listened to the commentary.
And there is one more curious thing about Daeungjeon of Bulguksa Temple. If you stand right in front of the bonfire in front of Daeungjeon Hall, you can see the Buddha’s face. I saw it because the commentator told me about it, and it was so amazing. It was really amazing and beautiful how they built it at such an angle at the time.
After that, I had time to look around the inside of Bulguksa Temple, and finally went to Geungnakjeon Hall, where the commentator gave a quiz on ‘Find the treasure (?)’
I wondered where it was and went looking for it.
When we finally arrived at Paradise, we knew that the treasure was a pig, and while we were looking for where it was, we went to a place where people gathered and saw a statue of a pig.
It was located right behind the signboard.
Pigs have been said to symbolize good fortune and fertility since ancient times. Is that why they are carved like this?
In early 2007, a small pig statue was accidentally discovered behind the signboard of the Hall of Heaven, and it became a hot topic at the time. It is a pig statue that has been hidden for over 250 years, even if you count it thousands of hundreds of years since the Unified Silla Period when Bulguksa Temple first opened, and since 1750 when it was burned during the Imjin War and rebuilt. do. That’s why Bulguksa Temple gave it the official name ‘Geungnakjeon Blessed Pig’ and even made a small statue of a lucky pig in front of Geungnakjeon Hall.
This is called the statue of the lucky pig before the end of paradise. According to the commentator, after that, when it was the year of the pig, a huge crowd of people visited Bulguksa Temple and touched the blessed pig to the point that it was worn out haha.
Today, I wrote a review of my visit to Bulguksa Temple. A visit to Bulguksa Temple is a must when traveling to Gyeongju, where the history of Silla remains intact. We recommend that people of all ages enjoy the time to see meaningful and beautiful architecture. If I have a child next time, I would like to take them to Bulguksa Temple and take them on a historical tour!